The Real Job Creators

Carl Bialik, WSJ’s The Numbers Guy, asks in his story in Saturday’s paper whether small businesses really deserve their reputation as the nation’s job creators – a claim long touted by policymakers of every stripe and repeated with added urgency as Washington seeks to kick-start employment to get the economy back on track.

According to the latest data, small employers have generated 65% of net new jobs over the past 17 years, says the Small Business Administration. …